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But I I am a prime hater. So00:00:03
>> this is this is a great lens.00:00:05
>> Dang.00:00:06
>> Yeah. Sorry.00:00:07
>> We won't have that fight again.00:00:08
[laughter] >> We've had that fight too many times.00:00:10
>> One focal length. Are you serious?00:00:12
>> One. [music]00:00:17
What is up people of internet? Welcome00:00:19
back to another episode of the Waveform00:00:21
Podcast. We're your hosts. I'm Marquez.00:00:22
>> I'm Andrew.00:00:23
>> And I'm David.00:00:24
>> And yeah, don't adjust your calendars.00:00:26
This is in fact not Friday because this00:00:29
is a bonus episode. We figured we had00:00:31
some things that we wanted to try. Fair00:00:34
warning, this is probably best consumed00:00:36
as video. So, if you're an audio only00:00:38
listener, I would recommend video for00:00:41
this particular bonus episode because00:00:44
>> yeah, we're [laughter] we're we're00:00:46
playing with some cameras today and the00:00:48
images that we've taken from the00:00:49
cameras. And the way we want to frame it00:00:51
is we've got a couple of00:00:52
>> frame it.00:00:54
It was unintentional pun. Museum quality00:00:57
glass. I'm going to probably make more00:00:58
of those puns. But uh we have some of00:01:00
the most hyped cameras on planet Earth00:01:02
in this room and we have been using00:01:03
them. Dave has been using tons of00:01:05
different cameras. That's right.00:01:06
>> Um but did you do the reverb thing in00:01:09
other people's headphones? [laughter]00:01:11
Just heard a tiny bit of reverb.00:01:14
>> Yeah, there it is. The reverb is funny.00:01:15
Um, but we've been taking pictures with00:01:18
all these cameras, and we figured it was00:01:21
worth talking about the cameras through00:01:22
the lens of the photos we were able to00:01:24
get with them.00:01:25
>> I'm really good at these buns.00:01:27
>> I don't know if you've noticed.00:01:28
>> It's good. >> Um, but uh, David, you're our sort of00:01:30
residential00:01:32
>> resident [laughter]00:01:33
resident camera expert.00:01:35
>> Actually, I uh I have an apartment.00:01:38
>> Our resident our resident residential00:01:40
>> Yeah.00:01:41
>> Uh, camera expert.00:01:42
>> That's right. And so we figured we would00:01:44
show you the photos that we've taken on00:01:47
these cameras and you can tell us what00:01:49
you think of the images while we talk00:01:51
about what it's like to use the camera00:01:52
to get these photos. If that makes00:01:54
sense. Okay. >> Does that make sense?00:01:55
>> Yeah, I think that makes sense.00:01:56
>> This is basically us just like yearning00:01:58
for David's approval. So I think this00:02:00
whole episode will go fine.00:02:02
>> Yeah, I like that. [laughter]00:02:04
>> Yeah. You should do compliment00:02:05
sandwiches so that we don't feel too bad00:02:07
about how bad our pictures are.00:02:08
>> Yeah. The color's great. The image is00:02:09
[ __ ] but [laughter]00:02:11
>> you're, you know,00:02:12
>> composition00:02:13
>> horrible, >> but you tried your best.00:02:14
>> But you tried your best, [laughter]00:02:15
buddy. No, I00:02:17
>> This one's going right on the fridge.00:02:18
>> I want to start this episode with00:02:20
photography is subjective.00:02:22
>> So, if I like something or don't like00:02:24
something, it doesn't mean that it's not00:02:26
a special picture. >> You are picking a winner at the end00:02:29
[laughter]00:02:30
>> in that case.00:02:31
>> No, I would I would like you to do a00:02:33
camera superlative or a superlative for00:02:36
each camera by the end of it. So00:02:39
>> kind of like your uh this is best camera00:02:43
for someone might doing this00:02:45
>> who might be doing something like this.00:02:46
>> Okay, cool.00:02:47
>> Yeah, can do.00:02:48
>> So like if you were writing like a SEO00:02:50
driven buying guide for a camera website00:02:53
>> best camera 2025 travel X100V00:02:57
photography [laughter]00:02:59
road trip film emulation film cheap00:03:02
Kodak Kodak under $100 like a like a00:03:05
like a like Switch. Switch [laughter]00:03:06
two. Nintendo Switch 2.00:03:08
>> Yeah, >> that would be those. Yeah.00:03:09
>> So, we've each taken a handful of our00:03:11
selects. I think three photos each from00:03:13
our camera of choice and uh we've all00:03:15
put them on David's computer. You00:03:17
haven't looked at them yet, right? No.00:03:18
Okay, perfect.00:03:19
>> Who do you want to look at the photos00:03:20
from first?00:03:21
>> Should I know whose pictures they are?00:03:23
>> Oh,00:03:24
>> I would like Oh, well, they're all00:03:26
labeled by name. [laughter] So, you kind00:03:28
>> I mean, if you want, you can take them00:03:29
all and put them in a separate folder.00:03:31
Are the actual images labeled by name?00:03:33
Well, so >> yes. Oh,00:03:34
>> I would [laughter] like and I would like00:03:36
you to know because I think in the00:03:37
process of talking about the photos,00:03:39
that's a prime00:03:41
>> that's a prime time for the person who00:03:43
took it.00:03:45
>> There's only one Zoom, I think. Or maybe00:03:46
Alice is No.00:03:48
>> Um, just me.00:03:49
>> They can talk about why they like the00:03:51
camera and things they like the camera.00:03:53
Maybe that's why they're taking photos00:03:55
like they did. >> Okay. Well, to start, why don't you all00:03:57
pick a number between 1 and 10 and00:03:59
closest delta? We'll start.00:04:01
>> Okay. One and 10.00:04:03
>> Who goes first?00:04:04
>> 100. >> Let's pick a number between 1 and 10 to00:04:05
see who goes first.00:04:06
>> One and 100.00:04:07
>> I'm going with 99. Okay. [snorts]00:04:10
>> Gretzky.00:04:11
>> Wait, I didn't I didn't come up with the00:04:12
number yet. [laughter]00:04:14
>> You need to do that.00:04:16
>> Whoever's closest to David's number. So,00:04:18
you think of a number.00:04:19
>> I came up with one now. [laughter]00:04:21
>> Okay. Now, >> it's 99.00:04:23
>> I'm just kidding. All right. One.00:04:25
>> Oh my gosh.00:04:26
>> Okay.00:04:27
>> 99. >> Okay. 82.00:04:30
>> Nice.00:04:31
42.00:04:33
>> All right. It was 77. So Marquez is00:04:35
closest.00:04:36
>> Wow. Okay. I'm going first.00:04:37
>> Very good. Okay.00:04:38
>> All right. Open that Marquez folder on00:04:39
your desktop there. And you should have00:04:41
three images. I want you to start with00:04:43
Marquez one.00:04:44
>> Okay. Marquez one opening.00:04:45
>> So I'll do our best for our audio00:04:46
listeners, but really this is going to00:04:48
be a a very descriptive uh podcast. You00:04:50
see image one?00:04:51
>> This took a really long time to open.00:04:53
[laughter]00:04:54
>> I will start with why.00:04:56
>> It's a 100 megapixels.00:04:58
>> Why? What came? So, oh yeah, that's a00:05:00
good place to start. So, I my three00:05:02
images I feel like a top chef explaining00:05:06
uh my ingredient of choice was00:05:07
>> what have you prepared for us today?00:05:08
>> I have prepared images from a Hasselblad00:05:11
X2D Mark II uh using the 35 to100 prime00:05:17
zoom obviously.00:05:18
>> Yeah. Uh, this is a brand.00:05:20
>> Can I interrupt you because I feel like00:05:21
there's a funny story before you launch00:05:23
into this, which is this camera came out00:05:26
and you turned around from your desk and00:05:27
faced the office and said,00:05:29
>> "Everyone tell me why I shouldn't00:05:30
[laughter] buy this." And we all gave00:05:32
you tons of reasons and then you went,00:05:34
"You're right." And then you turned00:05:35
around and you bought it.00:05:37
>> Yeah.00:05:38
>> This is not the one I bought. [laughter]00:05:41
>> True. >> I bought one from B&H who has pushed my00:05:44
delivery date back by weeks and weeks00:05:46
and weeks at a time. It's currently mid00:05:48
December. This is a review unit from00:05:49
Hustelblad [clears throat] that I've00:05:50
been shooting with in the meantime.00:05:52
However, I did buy this exact camera and00:05:54
this exact lens.00:05:55
>> They got like 3 weeks until DJI is00:05:57
banned. So,00:05:58
>> yeah, I am crossing my fingers that I00:06:00
actually get the one that I bought cuz I00:06:01
think they have my money. Um, no. So,00:06:03
this is the this is a new camera and a00:06:05
new lens that they made. Um, I've shot00:06:07
with House of Blood stuff before. This00:06:09
one has You might have heard about this00:06:11
camera. You've probably shot with it00:06:12
already. Has better autofocus. has a00:06:14
built-in HDR, which you will notice in00:06:16
my images.00:06:17
>> Uh, so I'd like you to open image number00:06:19
one, and I'll I'll talk through why I00:06:21
think each one of them is my select.00:06:22
>> I'm going to turn the brightness all the00:06:23
way up, so we really get that HDR.00:06:25
>> Perfect.00:06:26
>> Can you see image number one, too?00:06:28
>> So, [laughter] this image number one00:06:30
here is the first uh hour of me owning00:06:34
this camera, of me having this camera,00:06:36
>> and I shot this photo of Adam.00:06:38
>> This is the photo you said was the best00:06:39
cam photo you've ever taken. [laughter]00:06:42
Is that what you said?00:06:43
>> Yeah. Why are you so00:06:44
>> Okay. It's subjective.00:06:46
>> Relax.00:06:47
>> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So, number one00:06:49
is uh like I said, it is a 100 megapixel00:06:52
medium format camera. This is uh fresh00:06:55
out the box aperture priority. I haven't00:06:57
even really dialed any settings yet, but00:06:59
it it nailed the eye for autofocus on00:07:01
Adam's face.00:07:03
>> And Adam is completely backlit in this00:07:06
picture. So, sun is streaming in in the00:07:08
background as you can see in the parking00:07:10
lot and in the windows, but in the00:07:12
shadow detail, which I have pulled up a00:07:14
little bit, you can see Adam's face, the00:07:17
black hat he's wearing, and shadow00:07:18
detail like crazy. And feel free to zoom00:07:20
in super far.00:07:21
>> The zoom like00:07:23
>> Yeah, >> the sharpness of this photo and quality00:07:26
is00:07:27
>> Adam's um table tennis racket is so00:07:30
messed up that it looks like there is00:07:32
like shutter drag near the top of it.00:07:34
[laughter]00:07:36
Yeah, it's a00:07:37
>> but it's just that this is picking up00:07:39
fibers that are falling off of it.00:07:41
>> Marquez, this photo is 11,000 pixels00:07:45
wide.00:07:47
>> This is a JPEG that is 16 megabytes.00:07:51
>> I have given you all of the pixels. It00:07:54
is huge. But this is part of my00:07:56
obsession with imagery. I've been00:07:58
shooting 8K video for years. I love00:08:00
cropability and malleability. And uh I00:08:04
had to learn relearn uh Hasselblad's00:08:06
focus software to really take00:08:08
>> Oh, right. So, you edited this00:08:10
>> a little bit. Yeah. Just to get my00:08:11
exposure right and of course to dial a00:08:13
little bit of HDR in. So, you can see00:08:15
little highlights in the trucks in the00:08:17
background. And00:08:18
>> yeah,00:08:19
>> it is interesting to see a camera that00:08:21
can shoot HDR that is not a phone00:08:23
>> because we're so used to photos. Yeah,00:08:26
it looks a lot better and you can see00:08:27
more of the benefits of like what HDR is00:08:30
good for on a real camera.00:08:32
Um, I think seeing all the shadow detail00:08:35
like because he's so back lit is00:08:36
beneficial. I'm I'm assuming you bump00:08:38
the shadows a little bit so you can see00:08:40
>> see more in there.00:08:41
>> Yeah. Lot of dynamic range the00:08:44
gradiation through like you can see the00:08:46
blue in the sky. It's incredible how00:08:48
much is actually in the exposure.00:08:50
>> That's true. >> In a totally back lit shot like this,00:08:52
>> right? >> Yeah. So, that's that's photo number00:08:54
one. Okay.00:08:55
>> I feel like uh you didn't seem to love00:08:57
it. >> Well, that's [laughter] my phone. That's00:08:59
just because I'm in it. But it's a it's00:09:02
it was one of the first again this is in00:09:03
the first hour of testing this thing.00:09:05
>> Is is your reason why this is your00:09:07
favorite because I I took a little peek00:09:09
by accident at one of your other00:09:10
pictures and I just the thumbnail I like00:09:12
liked it more. [clears throat]00:09:14
>> Is the reason that you liked this photo00:09:16
so much more the technical aspects of00:09:18
like oh my god everything is in the tone00:09:21
curve. The reason I like this photo is00:09:24
because so one, I've shot with00:09:26
Hustelblad a lot in the past and you00:09:28
have to be very intentional about00:09:29
nailing your settings on each exposure00:09:32
and and like being super super slow with00:09:36
every shot. [clears throat]00:09:37
>> And this one, I pulled it out the box,00:09:39
put the lens on, and just started00:09:40
shooting to the built-in internal00:09:42
storage. And this was an effortless00:09:44
capture that I think is impossible on00:09:47
99% of cameras. So, I was just like this00:09:51
sort of power in a zero skill photo was00:09:54
impressive to me.00:09:55
>> That's that's why I like it.00:09:57
>> All right. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.00:09:58
>> Uh yeah. Okay. Let's go to photo number00:10:00
two.00:10:01
>> All right.00:10:02
>> Photo number two is vertical.00:10:03
>> It is uh 11,000 pixels tall this time.00:10:06
Uh and this is me shooting Andrew00:10:09
shooting a photo. I don't know if the00:10:10
photo Andrew shot while in this photo00:10:13
>> is going to end up on the screen, but00:10:15
>> you can really see the HDR on this one.00:10:17
>> Yeah. Okay. So, the photo now is uh00:10:20
pretty symmetrical shot of down these00:10:22
train tracks. Andrew is crouched in the00:10:24
middle of the train tracks taking a low00:10:26
photo. He's mostly in focus. It's got00:10:28
the leaves falling in the background00:10:29
from the trees, the train, tons of00:10:32
garbage cuz it's carne. And nothing is00:10:35
lost to dynamic range. Again, you see00:10:36
the HDR, you see the pumped sky and the00:10:39
highlights of the rails. Uh but there is00:10:41
a ton of dynamic range as well.00:10:43
>> And uh this was not cropped at all. I00:10:46
nailed the the frame in camera. Um,00:10:48
yeah.00:10:49
>> Wait, I have a question about this one.00:10:50
>> Yeah.00:10:51
>> Does well the camera in general. Does00:10:53
the camera give you two files like one?00:10:56
>> Yes. Okay.00:10:57
>> It gives me a RAW and it gives me an00:10:59
HIF.00:11:00
>> And I took the H I took the RAW each00:11:03
time. The HIF looks good and it's sharp,00:11:07
but color-wise and dynamic range wise00:11:09
and obviously malleability wise, I was00:11:11
playing a little bit more with uh00:11:12
exposure.00:11:14
So the HIF has the tone map for the HDR00:11:17
built in.00:11:18
>> Yeah. >> Does the RAW only apply a tone map once00:11:21
you bring it into the focus software.00:11:24
>> Does the RAW only apply?00:11:26
>> Because it because a RAW is not a00:11:28
container. So it can't store the tone00:11:31
map data. It allows me to change a lot.00:11:33
It's specifically and if I'm reading the00:11:35
UI right, it allows me to change when00:11:38
the data is lost to HDR like pure00:11:42
highlight and also when exposure is gone00:11:45
separately.00:11:46
>> So it's like if I move the the whole00:11:48
exposure up, I can see the top of the00:11:51
exposure like a little bracket of like00:11:53
when it's going to pop in like HDR or00:11:56
whatever and I can also see the end of00:11:57
like when it's going to be pure white.00:11:58
>> Oh,00:11:59
>> and they're separate. David, can you00:12:01
explain for I mean our listeners00:12:03
definitely all know what this is, but I00:12:05
do not. What is a tone map?00:12:08
>> Okay. Yeah. So, a tone map is basically00:12:11
so in an image you have multiple you00:12:15
have like a luminance like value and00:12:18
you've also got like color saturation00:12:20
values. A tone map for HDR is basically00:12:23
looking at the bright and dark areas and00:12:26
saying like these areas need to have00:12:29
more tonal range here. So in order to00:12:32
have HDR you like in the container the00:12:35
HIF container or the HAC container you00:12:40
have the regular JPEG or HIF or whatever00:12:43
or HIF or whatever it is and then you00:12:45
apply the tone map on top. And so I'm00:12:49
assuming the focus software can also00:12:52
create a tone map for RAW while the00:12:55
camera itself is creating an HDR tone00:12:58
map just for the HIC file.00:13:00
>> Got it. So it's almost like an extension00:13:02
to the lookup table that's like built00:13:05
into it. Got it.00:13:06
>> Right. It's like an HDR tone map is00:13:09
built in. It only does this for certain00:13:12
shooting modes. I'm trying to remember00:13:13
which ones. I think full manual it won't00:13:15
do HDR.00:13:16
>> Oh. But everything else will00:13:18
interesting.00:13:19
>> Either [clears throat] way, yeah, it00:13:20
worked out, I think, beautifully for00:13:21
this image. You can see the the sun00:13:23
glowing off of the trash bag next to00:13:25
Andrew. [laughter]00:13:26
>> Beautiful. Beautiful.00:13:27
>> It does, to be fair, it also does glow00:13:29
down the entire train tracks, which is00:13:32
>> Yeah, I was going to say this this photo00:13:33
really accentuates the HDR in that the00:13:36
train tracks are glowing, but there is00:13:39
still detail in them,00:13:41
>> which kind of shows off the benefits of00:13:43
HDR there. It's like it's super bright,00:13:45
but you still have that detail, whereas00:13:47
normally that would just be lost.00:13:48
>> Yeah.00:13:49
>> Um I really I think the Hassablad00:13:51
natural color profile that they built00:13:53
for this camera is also shining here00:13:56
>> because if you zoom into the areas like00:13:57
near his feet where like the grass and00:13:59
the the wood is and the dirt,00:14:02
>> it's very very nice looking dirt. Like00:14:05
it's uh00:14:06
>> it's just that very natural natural00:14:08
color that isn't like too saturated or00:14:11
too washed out. Yeah,00:14:12
>> it's kind of a good a good middle00:14:13
ground.00:14:14
>> The white balance was uh also sort of00:14:16
warmed a little bit in post and I think00:14:18
just cuz it was golden hour and it just00:14:20
looks really good when it's warm like00:14:21
this. >> Yeah. And the trees look great. Yeah.00:14:23
>> Yeah. Yeah. All the garbage everywhere.00:14:25
So detailed00:14:26
>> unfortunately. Yeah. [laughter]00:14:28
>> When he took this picture I was like,00:14:29
"Does it look like I'm taking a00:14:31
picture?" He's like, "Yeah, you can00:14:32
totally tell.00:14:33
>> I don't [snorts] think you can tell at00:14:34
all. I just look like I'm like squatting00:14:37
crouched on the train tracks. It's like00:14:38
the dog I walked past this morning."00:14:41
Um,00:14:43
>> but yeah, very this one. So, I shot a00:14:45
couple versions of this while you were00:14:46
squatted there. I shot like one at like00:14:47
f22 and then one at f10 and then this00:14:49
one's at like f9 I think is my wide open00:14:51
one or not wide open. It's my most open00:14:53
one. >> Oh, really?00:14:54
>> I think it looks best.00:14:55
>> Did you shoot a shallower one?00:14:56
>> No, this is the shallowest one. Sorry. I00:14:58
shot like a s like an f22 one that looks00:15:01
a little more distracting in how much is00:15:03
in focus.00:15:04
>> So, I like this one.00:15:05
>> Cool. >> My picture from that came out terrible.00:15:07
>> Oh, well. But I also had a 20% bloom00:15:10
filter on like with golden hour blaring.00:15:12
>> That's the best one.00:15:13
>> Oh, I hate bloom filters. [laughter]00:15:14
>> Make everything look like you smeared a00:15:15
little Vaseline on it.00:15:17
>> Yeah, for real.00:15:18
>> All right, we're moving on to the last00:15:20
Marquez photo.00:15:21
>> Last but not least, this one00:15:24
>> I took in a very exotic location. I'll00:15:26
let you guess.00:15:27
>> Carne, New Jersey. [laughter]00:15:28
>> Yes. About 40t to the left of the last00:15:30
photo.00:15:32
>> GPS overlay puts me in the same place.00:15:35
Uh, no, this was also Golden Hour00:15:37
shooting. uh almost all the way closed,00:15:40
but I just feel like the light coming00:15:41
through the plants here, everything00:15:43
being in focus and the sky doing this00:15:46
really nice thing with the clouds in the00:15:47
background. I shot this and thought,00:15:49
"This is one of my nicest wallpapers.00:15:52
>> This is going to be a wallpaper."00:15:53
>> No. Yeah, for sure. I like this more00:15:54
than that first photo of Adam. Yeah.00:15:56
>> Um00:15:57
>> Thanks. This is literally picture00:15:58
[laughter] of grass.00:16:02
>> And you like it more than me?00:16:03
>> Most of my photography is pictures of00:16:05
grass. So, um, yeah. No, I I think, uh,00:16:09
the color is the natural color really00:16:11
shines here as well. The fact that you00:16:13
can see all the detail in the clouds is00:16:14
really nice. It really gives it that00:16:16
sort of like fine art photography look.00:16:18
>> Yeah. >> I I think what might have been00:16:20
interesting is going to the other side00:16:21
of the cattails and shooting against the00:16:23
light since the HDR really like, you00:16:25
know, allows for that.00:16:26
>> Yeah.00:16:27
>> Have a couple of those. It was getting00:16:28
some lens flare, too. Kind of crazy.00:16:31
>> Okay. And I think the gold of these00:16:32
cattails could kind of come out a little00:16:34
bit more.00:16:35
>> If you want to really be wowed by the00:16:36
resolution, zoom all the way in to the00:16:38
rightmost branch and you can count the00:16:40
individual berries on it.00:16:42
>> How many megapixels is this camera?00:16:44
>> Each one is a 100 megapixel shot.00:16:46
>> Oh god. You can see the like little um00:16:48
white markings on the bark of the like00:16:51
tree. >> Yeah.00:16:52
>> Yeah. The the detail that this keeps is00:16:56
>> just wild.00:16:58
>> It is crazy. It is. Is that why you00:17:00
prefer this camera, Marquez? Just the00:17:02
detail.00:17:03
>> This is why I keep saying this is the00:17:04
greatest camera ever made because it00:17:07
lets me capture as much as I possibly00:17:09
can to then have the most flexibility in00:17:12
post. So, as long as I nail focus and00:17:15
and roughly get the exposure and the00:17:17
framing that I want,00:17:19
>> the rest is is possible.00:17:21
>> Yeah, it's a shame that it's digital. I00:17:23
can't tell that if these like like white00:17:25
spots on the back of the cattails are00:17:27
haloing from sort of some from some sort00:17:30
of artifacting or if it's just light.00:17:33
>> It's part of the plant. I think they00:17:34
have this sort of a cottony like seed00:17:37
that comes off and the light's going00:17:38
through them so you can see cuz the it's00:17:41
coming from behind right now.00:17:43
>> The sun. >> The sun. Yeah.00:17:44
>> Yeah. Literally takes like a couple00:17:46
seconds for the my computer render parts00:17:48
of the image when I move around. You can00:17:50
be like zoomed in and be like, "That's a00:17:51
nice picture." And then you just keep00:17:53
zooming out and you realize it's like00:17:55
116th of the frame.00:17:57
>> Very nice, Marquez. Very nice.00:17:58
>> My three photos of a little HDR to00:18:00
brighten your day.00:18:01
>> I'd say if I were to rank these00:18:03
>> Oh, sure.00:18:04
>> photo three at my favorite.00:18:05
>> Cool.00:18:06
>> Photo two at my second favorite.00:18:08
>> Cool.00:18:11
>> Podium.00:18:12
>> You can say it. [laughter]00:18:13
>> Let's go.00:18:14
>> Top three. Top three.00:18:15
>> And yeah, number one is number three for00:18:17
me. It's not because it's Adam.00:18:19
>> No. Yeah, I'm sure. Yeah,00:18:20
>> I love Adam. It's just cuz I never get00:18:22
to see outside of work.00:18:24
>> Can we do a00:18:25
>> Yeah.00:18:26
>> something you would like to see Marquez00:18:30
do with this camera that could00:18:33
potentially00:18:34
>> Oh, like something the camera would be00:18:35
good for.00:18:36
>> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Like some whether it00:18:38
be a subject, whether it be a setting00:18:40
change on something. Um, what would you00:18:42
like to see out of camera? landscape00:18:45
photography with more like possible00:18:50
layers and subjects because the00:18:52
landscape photography that you did here00:18:54
is sort of like [snorts] there's only00:18:56
like two major things, you know, with00:18:58
the cattails. Um, the benefit of a00:19:01
camera like this, both because it's so00:19:02
high megapixel and because it's got so00:19:05
much tonal range, is that you can create00:19:09
all of these different layers and you00:19:10
can zoom into different areas and really00:19:12
like capture the breadth of the scene00:19:15
and uh things that are already sort of00:19:17
tight and zoomed in, you don't get as00:19:20
much value out of that resolution as00:19:22
much and also the tonal range.00:19:24
>> Marquez just00:19:25
>> is taking photos. Is this distracting?00:19:27
>> A landscape of my the landscape of my00:19:30
face.00:19:31
>> I feel like this is I hate to bring it00:19:32
to like short form, but this is a like00:19:35
uh short form trend right now where it's00:19:37
like you see this beautiful photo and00:19:40
then I pull out and it crops. Okay.00:19:42
>> Sorry. [laughter]00:19:44
>> He's just my brain version knowing what00:19:46
you're talking about.00:19:47
>> What I take [laughter]00:19:49
>> and it's so annoying.00:19:51
>> All right, Marquez, is there anything00:19:52
else you would like you have plans on00:19:55
doing with this camera? Yeah,00:19:56
>> I just want to get out more with it. I00:19:58
do want to do more product photography00:19:59
with it. I think uh that's my favorite00:20:02
type of photography mostly because it's00:20:03
super controllable and you can kind of00:20:05
be as creative as you want and nail a00:20:07
single shot. So, I'm going to do00:20:08
definitely do more of that, but also00:20:09
just kind of take more photos in00:20:11
general. >> Keep it in your back pocket.00:20:12
>> Remember when you first saw this, you00:20:13
were like, I will not take more than 70000:20:15
photos with this camera.00:20:17
>> Did I say that 700? [clears throat]00:20:18
>> Something like that. [laughter]00:20:19
>> I've taken that many this week.00:20:21
>> I was going to say, do you plan on has00:20:22
your mind changed on that? You want to00:20:25
bring this with you and shoot more00:20:26
often? [clears throat]00:20:27
>> Yes, I want I've been trying to shoot00:20:31
more with a real camera than not more00:20:34
than my phone, but more with the real00:20:35
camera less with my phone in like shots00:20:37
that I want to be good.00:20:39
>> And the lens is a 35 to 100 2.8, right?00:20:41
It's 28 wide and I think it's four all00:20:43
the way in.00:20:44
>> All the way in. >> Yeah.00:20:45
>> Yeah. It's [clears throat] uh expensive.00:20:47
>> The the body is 7,000 or so. Um, it is00:20:51
cheaper than the last generation,00:20:53
surprisingly, even with the tariffs.00:20:55
>> Uh, the lens is a lot, but also a lot of00:20:58
money,00:20:59
>> but I I'm a prime hater, so this is this00:21:03
is [music] a great lens.00:21:04
>> Dang.00:21:05
>> Yeah. Sorry.00:21:06
>> We won't have that fight again.00:21:07
[laughter] >> We've had that fight too many times.00:21:09
>> One focal length. Are you serious?00:21:11
>> One.00:21:12
>> Zoom with your feet, baby.00:21:13
>> Not even two.00:21:14
>> Zoom with your feet, bro. Crazy. Yeah.00:21:15
[music]00:21:21
>> [music]00:21:25
>> All right. So, Ellis,00:21:27
>> David,00:21:28
>> tell us about your camera.00:21:30
>> David, I'm glad I'm sitting next to00:21:32
Marquez for this because um how many00:21:35
megapixels did you say yours was?00:21:38
>> Uh, is it 102?00:21:39
>> It's a 18 102.00:21:40
>> 102. >> This camera has 18 megapixels.00:21:42
>> 18. Okay.00:21:43
>> 18 megapixels. Does your camera have00:21:44
inbody stabilization? Yeah, I think it's00:21:46
some like seven stops.00:21:47
>> Yeah, mine doesn't have any.00:21:48
>> None.00:21:49
>> Um, no. No. Uh, does your camera have a00:21:51
full-frame sensor? No, it's bigger. It's00:21:53
medium format. Yeah, mine doesn't.00:21:54
APS-C. Okay.00:21:55
>> Uh, your camera have uh autofocus.00:21:58
>> Yeah. >> No, mine doesn't. Continuous. That's00:22:00
crazy. I mean, I think mine does, but I00:22:01
don't have any lens that use the00:22:03
autofocus.00:22:04
>> Okay. Yeah. >> Um,00:22:05
>> let's go. >> What other features does your camera00:22:07
have? [laughter] >> Alyssa's camera is just like a box with00:22:08
a hole in it.00:22:10
>> Pinhole, baby. Digital pin hole.00:22:12
>> Yeah, I generated images. No, I'm just00:22:13
kidding. My camera has a three inch00:22:14
screen.00:22:16
>> Okay. >> Max shutter speed of 4 thou one over00:22:18
4,000. Pretty slow.00:22:20
>> Workable.00:22:21
>> Uh00:22:22
>> 4,000's fine. >> Get this. My camera has00:22:24
>> It's normal.00:22:26
>> Auto uh aperture priority.00:22:29
>> That's great.00:22:30
>> Check that out. >> That's great.00:22:31
>> Uh a continuous shooting mode of 4.300:22:34
frames per second. Okay.00:22:36
>> If you hold that down for two seconds,00:22:37
the camera crashes.00:22:38
>> Sick.00:22:39
>> That's not a joke.00:22:40
>> Sick. This00:22:43
is the 201200:22:44
>> Yes.00:22:45
>> Canon EOSM00:22:48
in panda,00:22:49
>> by the way. >> The worst color way. It comes in.00:22:52
>> Colt Colt camera. Because uh it's00:22:55
actually quite good for video.00:22:57
>> Yes. >> Yeah. >> So, would you like to know why I bought00:22:59
this terrible camera00:23:00
>> for video?00:23:01
>> Yes. Because there's a community of00:23:03
people that do this sort of00:23:05
crowddeveloped open-source thing called00:23:07
Magic Lantern. where old Canon cameras.00:23:11
It's like an open- source firmware hack00:23:13
that puts lots of really cool features00:23:15
in this camera. The most famous of which00:23:18
is 14bit raw video.00:23:21
>> Yeah, >> it's very noisy raw video,00:23:23
>> but it's 14 bit.00:23:25
>> Works better in 10 bit.00:23:27
>> You can overclock the SD card, which I00:23:29
did not know was a thing.00:23:30
>> Holy smokes. >> Before this.00:23:31
>> And I also bought this camera00:23:34
>> because I was really interested in00:23:36
getting into vintage glass. Mhm.00:23:38
>> And the EOSM system,00:23:42
uh, which I believe is called ESM,00:23:44
has one of the shortest flange distances00:23:47
of any lens system.00:23:50
>> A flange distance is the distance00:23:51
between the sensor and the lens mount.00:23:53
If you have a very short flange00:23:55
distance, then you can adapt more lenses00:23:57
because while those lenses have a longer00:24:00
distance between the end of the lens00:24:01
mount and the sensor, you can just put00:24:03
pieces of metal of various thicknesses00:24:05
that will allow it to be perfectly00:24:07
spaced. >> You see, and that's exactly what I00:24:09
thought when I got into this. And no one00:24:12
told me that everyone who makes lens00:24:14
adapters is terrible at it. And you will00:24:17
spend so much money going through lens00:24:20
adapters that do not let your camera00:24:23
focus. Now Marquez, you00:24:26
>> uh should I should I tell that I'll tell00:24:28
that story at the end because oh my00:24:30
gosh. Um and it was Bellarus. Uh00:24:33
Marquez, you hate prime lenses.00:24:36
>> It's not that I hate primes,00:24:38
>> it's just there's no reason.00:24:39
>> Right. Right. Right. So if you were to00:24:41
pick a focal length to be stuck at00:24:44
>> Sure. >> What would you pick? Huh. Probably00:24:47
somewhere in the medium telephoto w like00:24:50
35ish range.00:24:51
>> Yes. Marquez, would you mind reading the00:24:54
focal length of this lens?00:24:56
>> Why is this an 8? Is this an 8 and 1200:24:58
mm?00:24:59
>> That's an 8 and 12 mm lens.00:25:02
>> Let's talk about equivalency.00:25:04
Let's talk about equivalency everybody.00:25:06
>> Okay. 8 and 12 mm. That's also a TV lens00:25:09
for an 8 mm.00:25:10
>> That is a mid70s00:25:13
security camera lens.00:25:15
>> [laughter]00:25:16
>> The sensor on a security camera is real00:25:19
small.00:25:20
>> Yes. >> So 8 mil. Okay. Here's another thing.00:25:23
>> So when people talk about focal lengths,00:25:26
[laughter] >> when people talk about focal lengths,00:25:28
you know, they talk about like eight and00:25:29
they talk about 23 millime, 3500:25:31
millimeter, 50 mm, 100 millime,00:25:34
whatever. >> Uhhuh.00:25:35
>> That that that equival there is an00:25:38
equivalency that is dependent on the00:25:40
size of the sensor. So if you have a00:25:42
small sensor, a shorter focal length is00:25:44
actually a bit longer. So famously Fuji00:25:47
makes APS-C cameras. APS-C is about half00:25:51
the size of a full-frame sensor size.00:25:53
And so because of that, you have to do00:25:54
1.5x or not half the size, but you have00:25:57
to do a 1.5x multiplicative in order to00:26:00
get the actual equivalent focal length.00:26:01
So if you have a 23mm Fuji lens, it's00:26:05
actually like a 35 millimeter full-frame00:26:08
equivalent. Mhm.00:26:09
>> There's a lot of math you have to do00:26:10
here because this is a lot of math.00:26:12
>> Well, this is a00:26:13
>> by one by 1.6.00:26:15
>> Okay. Wow. Yeah. The the00:26:18
>> security camera lens on an APS-C sensor.00:26:20
Have you looked through the viewfinder?00:26:23
>> There is no viewfinder. Have you checked00:26:24
it out?00:26:25
>> Yeah, there's no no viewfinder. Does00:26:26
your camera have a viewfinder?00:26:27
>> Yeah, mine doesn't.00:26:28
>> Fire [laughter] it up.00:26:31
>> Image circle is tiny.00:26:33
>> The image circle is quite literally an00:26:34
image circle. Yes.00:26:36
>> Um, something other people, another00:26:38
thing people don't know,00:26:39
>> when cameras project onto the sensor,00:26:41
they actually project a circle. They00:26:43
don't project a square cuz sensors are00:26:44
square. Uh, there have been people who00:26:46
have experimented with making circular00:26:48
image sensors before so that you lose00:26:50
less resolution.00:26:52
>> What I'm hearing is that you guys are00:26:54
throwing away precious pixels.00:26:57
>> Exactly. And00:26:58
>> meanwhile, I'm over here winning.00:27:00
>> Yeah. So, we got the It's a circle of00:27:02
images. And so when you want to00:27:04
actually, you know, when you take it00:27:06
into the the editing program, you got to00:27:07
crop into a square aspect ratio inside00:27:10
of the circle. It's it's called the um00:27:13
calculus. That's what they do in00:27:15
calculus. >> I think the simplest way to describe00:27:17
this is looking through the view or the00:27:19
screen of Ellis's camera right now looks00:27:21
like the opening scene of00:27:23
>> Pirates of the Caribbean. Oh,00:27:25
>> where you're looking down the barrel.00:27:28
>> I would describe it much more as like a00:27:30
pirate telescope. Um, it tells us.00:27:33
>> Um, anyway, do you have any more00:27:34
questions about this camera before we00:27:36
look at some pictures?00:27:37
>> Yes. How much did you pay for it?00:27:38
>> I paid I got it from what's it called?00:27:41
MPB or MVP.00:27:45
It's the one that's not MacBook Pro. So,00:27:46
I guess that would be MPB. Okay.00:27:48
>> Which is like a used camera site. Um, it00:27:52
came00:27:53
>> with two batteries, a charger, a strap.00:27:57
It's missing a lug, so I haven't really00:27:59
been able to use a strap yet. Um, and I00:28:02
think I paid about 250.00:28:04
>> Pretty good.00:28:05
>> Yeah. Um, it might have come with Yeah,00:28:07
I think >> Yeah, notably that Magic Lantern00:28:09
software. All of the film students when00:28:11
I was in college had Canon T2i or T3i or00:28:14
whatever00:28:15
>> GH4s00:28:17
and yeah, it's just a totally different00:28:19
software that allows you to shoot in u00:28:21
RAW.00:28:22
>> Well, I it's not it's it's not just00:28:24
that. It's like um it's it's this open00:28:26
source firmware that comes in different00:28:28
modules. So if there's features you want00:28:30
to add to your camera, you go and you00:28:32
grab those specific modules and then you00:28:34
add them. So if you want like uh focus00:28:37
peaking, for example, grab it, you put00:28:39
it in the camera. If you want the raw00:28:41
video, you grab it, put it in the00:28:42
camera. If you want like crop modes, you00:28:43
grab it, put it in the camera. So it00:28:45
lets you sort of build out the software00:28:47
of the camera for whatever you're sort00:28:48
of doing that day.00:28:50
>> Hugest asterisk it. You will brick your00:28:54
camera doing this. Like you will like I00:28:56
don't know how I haven't bricked this00:28:58
camera yet, but you will. So just only00:29:00
do it to cameras that you don't mind00:29:03
just like shredding. And also I just00:29:05
want to say I hate the way this camera00:29:08
looks. I love this guy. I've taken it to00:29:10
multiple countries. Fits in my pocket.00:29:13
Great battery life. Everything about it00:29:14
so excellent. This panda colorway is00:29:17
just00:29:18
>> Yeah, this is taking me really, really,00:29:19
really far back. But the first camera I00:29:22
ever really got to shoot YouTube videos00:29:23
was a Canon T2i. But I was on the fence00:29:27
way back in 2009 between that and a okay00:29:33
Pentax.00:29:34
I'm not going to remember the model00:29:35
name, but a a Pentax that would have00:29:38
been if I had gotten it black and white,00:29:40
like white mostly like this one. And I'm00:29:42
so glad that I didn't get the white00:29:44
camera. if I could go back knowing what00:29:47
I know now because like really this was00:29:50
like the first camera I ever bought00:29:52
>> and I didn't really know what I was00:29:53
going to enjoy about owning a camera,00:29:54
what I was going to enjoy about00:29:55
photography. I really wish I had gotten00:29:59
a like um like an older micro four00:30:02
thirds Olympus camera. I feel like it00:30:04
would have had all the things that I00:30:06
would have wanted it to do. It would00:30:07
have been just as adaptable to uh00:30:10
vintage glass. It would have had a much00:30:11
larger family of ecosystems. It would00:30:13
have had a viewfinder. I would not have00:30:14
had as much fun modding it because that00:30:16
doesn't really Oh, yeah. It's a screw00:30:18
mount. There's no latch. You literally00:30:19
like screw it in.00:30:20
>> Oh, wow. I guess it is a circle.00:30:24
>> It's [laughter] fine.00:30:25
>> But yeah, so if if you think you want to00:30:27
do this, I would highly recommend00:30:28
looking at similarly priced old micro00:30:31
four. Before we look at Ellis's photos,00:30:33
um I think that this is a good example00:30:37
uh of a of talking about contrast00:30:41
because the thing about Marquez's camera00:30:43
is that it has so much dynamic range00:30:45
>> that everything's a midtone.00:30:47
>> Everything's in00:30:48
>> and the HDR Ness gives you a lot of00:30:51
flexibility, right? Because you can make00:30:52
the brights brighter, you can make the00:30:54
darks darker to like add that contrast.00:30:57
But if you keep everything in the middle00:30:59
of the tone curve, which is like the the00:31:02
highlights are on the right side, the00:31:03
shadows are on the left side and then00:31:05
the the middle is the middle gray area00:31:07
of luminance.00:31:08
>> Um it looks very flat and to actually00:31:11
get dimension out of images, you need to00:31:14
have contrast. Now, older cameras like00:31:16
the OSM, who [clears throat] had I don't00:31:18
know, probably shot like six bit color00:31:21
or something. Um,00:31:23
they could not accept the highlight00:31:26
detail of being outside, you know. So,00:31:29
as we're probably going to see in a00:31:30
couple of these photos, we're going to00:31:31
have some clipped highlights. That's00:31:33
fine sometimes. Like, sometimes you want00:31:35
clipped highlights.00:31:36
>> Excuse you. I know how to use that00:31:37
thing. >> No, I know you know how to use this00:31:39
thing. I'm not saying it's your fault.00:31:42
Anyway, let's00:31:44
>> uh hold on. I want to find the DxO Mark.00:31:46
I want to see how many EVs Marquez's00:31:49
camera is of for dynamic range. It00:31:50
doesn't look like they00:31:51
>> I think it's like 16.00:31:52
>> It's 16,00:31:53
>> I think. So,00:31:54
>> mine is also 16.00:31:56
>> I'm just kidding. It's 11 photos.00:31:58
>> Yeah. Okay.00:31:59
>> All right. Let's look at Ellis photo00:32:01
number one. >> Let's do this, everybody.00:32:03
>> Okay. PNG.00:32:04
>> So, some nice vignetting in the corners.00:32:07
>> Thank you. Um, you know, vignetting was00:32:10
famously used to draw your attention00:32:12
into the center of the image. In Ellis's00:32:14
case, it's uh it was forced upon him.00:32:16
>> Featured on a bug,00:32:18
>> but >> can I say something real quick?00:32:19
>> Sure.00:32:20
>> All of the photos that you're going to00:32:21
see today are completely untouched.00:32:24
>> Very nice. >> They're all raw in camera.00:32:26
>> We talk about famous Canon color00:32:29
>> historically has gone back pretty far to00:32:31
be pretty good for a very long time. So,00:32:34
this is the im an image of a chair in00:32:37
the studio, [clears throat]00:32:38
>> but it's got very nice afternoon00:32:40
lighting. >> Also, we can see the the sky detail.00:32:43
Surprisingly, it's pretty good. They're00:32:45
a little blown out on the chair in like00:32:47
a small area.00:32:48
>> It's more that the shadows are00:32:50
non-existent.00:32:51
>> Yeah. >> Mhm. Yeah.00:32:52
>> Well, I like that. Uh, yeah. So, there's00:32:54
some like really bright areas on the00:32:55
chair. The the robot room is very, very00:32:58
dark. There's an air of mystery in00:33:00
there. You know, you don't really know00:33:01
what's in there. M00:33:02
>> um I would say overall I really like the00:33:04
specularess of the highlights. There's00:33:06
some nice shine in the areas that are00:33:08
brighter. There's like a lot of sheen00:33:10
going on. >> This lens is a little bloomy. There's00:33:12
also a lot of chromatic aberration00:33:14
around the edges of of this lens.00:33:16
>> How is that?00:33:17
>> Chromatic aberration is basically like00:33:19
color separation in certain areas. So if00:33:22
you look at um because there's [sighs]00:33:26
>> white light has multiple wavelengths of00:33:28
color and technically when they come00:33:31
together they create white light but if00:33:33
they get separated slightly because of00:33:35
uh the lens does not perfectly converge00:33:37
those rays then you get you get00:33:40
chromatic aberration00:33:41
>> and in the window here there's some blue00:33:44
chromatic aberration coming out. It's00:33:46
everywhere. It's cool. It's like it's00:33:48
like a pile. It's like almost like there00:33:50
are there are YouTubers, I won't say00:33:52
who, but who add like chromatic00:33:53
aberration filters to their videos to00:33:56
sort of and they'll do it around the00:33:57
outside to bring attention to the00:33:58
middle. But it's like anytime there's a00:33:59
super super high contrast piece, you can00:34:02
see the RGB split around it. It's kind00:34:04
of like a style.00:34:05
>> Yeah. They're trying to be like E. My my00:34:08
take has always been the the negative00:34:10
sides of like bad technology or00:34:13
non-advanced technologies can be used as00:34:16
stylistic choices in the future when you00:34:18
have the option to use them. you know,00:34:20
now before you continue with your00:34:21
review, David, um, not just is this a00:34:24
cult camera because of Magic Lantern,00:34:27
>> it's I'm [clears throat] actually a00:34:28
member of another cult, another cult00:34:31
that has very fringe conspiracy beliefs00:34:33
that many people00:34:34
>> Alice, where you going00:34:35
>> dislike? I'd like to draw everyone's00:34:37
attention to the carpet00:34:39
>> in this picture.00:34:40
>> What does that have to do with the cult?00:34:41
>> I would like everyone to look at the00:34:43
amount of textural detail in that00:34:46
carpet. And that is because I am a00:34:47
member of the conspiracy theory,00:34:50
[laughter]00:34:51
>> the conspiracy theorist group.00:34:53
>> Carpets,00:34:54
>> the pixel >> that believes in microcontrast.00:34:56
>> Oh yeah, yeah, yeah.00:34:57
>> And I think that this lens and this00:35:00
camera are microcontrast00:35:03
beasts. >> What the hell is a micro contrast,00:35:05
>> David? >> It's a little contrast.00:35:06
>> It's a very unproven thing.00:35:09
>> Is it the 1/ 10,000th of a contrast?00:35:11
Because okay, lens characteristics00:35:14
are very some of them are are big00:35:17
differences, right? Sometimes you'll00:35:18
have the famous Helios 44.2 lens that00:35:21
has swirl around the edges. That's a00:35:23
very obvious lens decision in the00:35:26
production of the lens.00:35:28
>> A lot of other lenses when you get to00:35:29
like Sony lenses, right, because they're00:35:31
just trying to make like,00:35:33
>> you know, the sharpest possible lens,00:35:35
it's it's optically close to optically00:35:37
perfect. But a lot of people don't want00:35:40
optically perfect. Now microcontrast,00:35:43
what people would describe it as as is00:35:44
the look of 3D pop. So you know how you00:35:47
can look at some images and you're like,00:35:49
"Oh, that's a great photo." And then you00:35:50
look at some and you're like, "Whoa, it00:35:52
has like spatial like texture and it's00:35:55
sort of like00:35:56
>> coming out of the image." Um, it's a00:35:58
it's a conspiracy theory. [laughter]00:36:01
>> It's a conspiracy.00:36:02
>> People argue about it in camera forums00:36:04
all day00:36:05
>> and they talk about they talk about the00:36:06
existence of it and the non-existence of00:36:08
it. They talk about how some lenses are00:36:09
better for it where other lenses are00:36:11
worse for it. >> They'll post like like like data00:36:14
analysis like trying to prove00:36:16
>> that this lens has more microcontrast00:36:18
and another person would be like no00:36:19
you're you're reading noise and the00:36:20
sensor and00:36:21
>> yeah it's not it sounds like trying to00:36:24
like quantify soul in a song00:36:26
>> kind of. Yeah. Okay.00:36:27
>> It's pretty much the same thing.00:36:29
>> Like how much does the image like pop00:36:30
off the screen, you know? I I I get the00:36:34
textural feeling that you're saying that00:36:35
you're talking about. You could taste00:36:37
that carpet. >> You could taste it.00:36:40
>> No, [laughter]00:36:41
>> we walked. >> Your dogs peed on that carpet00:36:43
>> and thrown up on it.00:36:45
>> There is definitely a lot of color noise00:36:48
in the carpet.00:36:49
>> Yeah, this is a noisy camera.00:36:50
>> Noisy camera. So, it's possible that the00:36:52
noise has to do with00:36:54
>> not to just like make you explain 1000:36:57
million camera things.00:36:59
>> This is not a backside illuminated uh00:37:01
sensor. So,00:37:02
>> what the hell is a backside illuminated00:37:04
sensor? It's where the back of the00:37:05
sensor, it has light shown onto it which00:37:08
gives it more dynamic range.00:37:10
>> Perfect. Thank you.00:37:11
>> Um, less noise.00:37:13
>> And by newer thing, I mean like seven00:37:15
years ago, but this camera is way older00:37:17
than that. So,00:37:18
>> yeah, less less noise in the shadows.00:37:20
>> Um, my favorite thing about this picture00:37:22
before we move on is I love the way the00:37:24
reflection of the chair comes out of the00:37:27
floor and how the camera, the lens plus00:37:30
the floor gives it this crazy sort of00:37:32
ghost bloom. Yeah,00:37:33
>> I think that's a really compelling part00:37:35
of this image.00:37:36
>> Yeah. No, the the bloom out of this lens00:37:38
is very nice.00:37:39
>> All right, she popping.00:37:40
>> So, this next photo, before you open it,00:37:44
next photo is taken on a different lens,00:37:47
a much more standard camera lens, which00:37:49
is why this is going to look much more00:37:52
just like normal portrait photograph.00:37:56
>> I lied. >> Oh, beautiful. Thank you.00:37:58
>> This is the second photo.00:37:59
>> This is the second flower.00:38:00
>> Same flower. >> Same camera, different lens.00:38:02
Wow. Beautiful. Straight out of camera.00:38:05
>> Straight out of camera.00:38:06
>> That Canon color is really popping, I'll00:38:07
tell you that. Oh, Mark has00:38:09
>> a thought.00:38:10
>> Nothing.00:38:11
[laughter]00:38:14
>> What is this?00:38:16
>> Is this pondering?00:38:18
>> Does anyone want to guess what exotic00:38:21
location I captured these beautiful00:38:23
tropical flowers in?00:38:24
>> Your backyard.00:38:25
>> Is that cars in the background?00:38:26
>> Uh, yeah. This is the parking lot00:38:27
outside of our building.00:38:28
>> Oh,00:38:29
>> yeah. flowers00:38:31
>> to give some verbal description of this.00:38:34
This is flowers with the petals sort of00:38:36
hanging down at the bottom of the flower00:38:38
with the bulb in the center kind of like00:38:40
they're very colorful. They're orange00:38:42
and green. They are pink flowers. Um the00:38:45
one on the left, the highlights are00:38:47
clipped. So, you know,00:38:49
>> you're right. they are00:38:50
>> could use a little more dynamic range,00:38:52
but overall [snorts]00:38:55
I think the the bokeh, which is the out00:38:57
of focus areas in this image, are very00:38:59
creamy00:39:00
>> because this lens gives a lot of that um00:39:02
that bloom that kind of like gives it to00:39:04
the bokeh.00:39:06
>> And the colors are wonderful. And uh00:39:08
yeah, if if there was a little bit more00:39:11
dynamic range on that left flower, I00:39:13
could definitely see this actually, you00:39:14
know, even without that, I could see it00:39:16
on my wall. >> Yeah, thank you. Very beautiful. This00:39:18
one to me looks like a like a Windows XP00:39:20
wallpaper. Um,00:39:22
>> and uh it's shot with a Canon FD50 mil,00:39:25
which is a complete cheat code of a00:39:27
lens. If you want to pretend like you're00:39:29
a really good photographer, get a Canon00:39:32
FD50 mil. >> Yeah, the FDs are famously great at00:39:35
microcontrast, right? That's what they00:39:38
say. >> I'm a microcontrast machine00:39:40
>> in the conspiracy world.00:39:41
>> Um, that is a 50 mil with a the 1.6 crop00:39:45
factor. So, it's more like a 70 mil. Um,00:39:48
which is a really funny thing to have as00:39:50
a prime on your camera to only have like00:39:52
a 76 millimeter lens.00:39:54
>> Yeah. >> Yeah. I really like this photo.00:39:56
>> Thank you. >> Very pretty.00:39:57
>> Sweet.00:39:58
>> All right, let's look at the third00:39:59
picture from Ellis here.00:40:01
>> We're back to the TV lens on this one.00:40:03
>> Bang.00:40:04
>> Bang city.00:40:05
>> See, this is00:40:07
>> this is where the micro contrast starts00:40:08
to look incredible.00:40:10
>> Yeah, we've got a believer over here,00:40:11
folks.00:40:12
>> Um, yeah. So, this is a photo of a tree00:40:15
that's lost all of its leaves in the00:40:17
center with trees that have not lost all00:40:18
of their leaves around it, as well as00:40:21
the sky and a cloud. And yeah, the the00:40:24
it's really popping. The the the00:40:27
contrast is popping really nicely.00:40:29
There's some nice shadow detail. Um the00:40:31
the blacks are very black. There's a00:40:33
little bit of peing in the top right.00:40:35
It's kind of got it all, you know. Um00:40:38
>> would you say it's filmic? Yes, because00:40:42
the thing I was going to say, the reason00:40:44
I don't like digital cameras generally00:40:46
is that shooting foliage with digital00:40:49
cameras sucks because there's this00:40:51
process called de mosaicing, which we00:40:53
have talked about in a studio video00:40:54
before00:40:55
>> where you take the photo and the sensor00:40:57
is like RG RB RG RB and it's this00:41:02
repeating pattern. Yeah. and it takes in00:41:05
these light values and then the software00:41:07
has to basically put the image back00:41:10
together based on repeating patterns00:41:13
that it notices. But because of that00:41:16
really really fine detail is not good00:41:19
for digital cameras because the areas of00:41:22
contrast uh get lost in that00:41:24
restructuring of the image and film uh00:41:28
is just a die. So it's very granular in00:41:31
its like tonal shifts whereas digital00:41:34
cameras generally have this problem00:41:36
where it's like all the the fringing on00:41:38
the edges is like very you know it just00:41:40
looks very like tac. I feel like it's00:41:42
very tied to the resolution of the shot,00:41:44
too.00:41:45
>> It's the more resolution you have, the00:41:48
more smooth it can appear to be,00:41:50
>> but00:41:51
>> it's digital. So,00:41:52
>> yeah. Yeah. But it's still digital.00:41:53
[clears throat] Whereas this, and I00:41:55
think ironically, the negatives of this00:41:57
camera are what give it more of that00:41:58
filmic look because of the chromatic00:42:01
aberration.00:42:02
>> The the wavelengths of colors are00:42:04
actually slightly separated. So, that00:42:07
direct contrast fringing that you'd00:42:09
normally see on a good camera are not00:42:11
there. And so it looks more um more00:42:14
smooth, more filmic. The the the00:42:16
trees look more like real trees than you00:42:19
would get from like a high quality00:42:20
camera.00:42:21
>> It lets you get away with how noisy the00:42:23
sensor is on this camera. Like I I think00:42:25
in a lot of environments this camera and00:42:27
this lens together are just frankly like00:42:30
unusably noisy.00:42:32
>> Um but when you have I don't know some00:42:34
sometimes it just uh just works. Yeah, I00:42:36
like this.00:42:37
>> This photo has simultaneously a ton of00:42:39
dynamic range and almost no dynamic00:42:41
range at the same time. It's really00:42:42
interesting.00:42:44
>> I like it. >> Um, and then you don't have to review00:42:46
this one. I just thought this would be a00:42:47
good thing to bring up. And this this00:42:48
the bonus pick is one that I actually00:42:50
took with you, David.00:42:52
>> Oh, yeah. >> Uh, nope. I lied. This is not a picture00:42:54
I took with you.00:42:55
>> Oh, no. But when you when you point this00:42:57
camera into the sun, it shoots rainbows.00:43:00
>> Yeah.00:43:01
>> Love that. >> And I just think that is swell.00:43:03
>> That's cool.00:43:04
>> Yeah. Um, they use that in movies00:43:06
sometimes.00:43:07
>> Yeah. To get a really cool effect.00:43:08
>> So, David, going forward, what would you00:43:11
like to see me do with this camera more?00:43:14
>> Interesting.00:43:17
>> Interesting. >> Yeah. This one's hard.00:43:18
>> This one's hard cuz00:43:19
>> Cuz it's nonsense.00:43:21
>> It's just like it's so purely artistic.00:43:24
>> Yeah. >> So, it's like he's telling you how to be00:43:26
an artist now.00:43:27
>> Correct. You're taking like highly00:43:28
artistic pictures. Ellis, this first00:43:30
picture, I think everyone in this office00:43:32
has taken a photo of00:43:34
>> the robot arm chair.00:43:36
>> That's why I included it cuz00:43:37
>> I love this photo.00:43:38
>> It looks so good.00:43:39
>> I assumed one of you guys would also00:43:41
bring a photo of this chair.00:43:42
>> I think we've all taken that photo.00:43:44
>> Just like00:43:45
>> just the light is nice in there.00:43:46
>> The light that comes through, especially00:43:48
now when it's at like 4:00 and we're in00:43:50
the office when golden hour hits. As00:43:52
long as that wind turbine Yeah. isn't00:43:55
spinning and causing it to like flicker00:43:57
in that area. Like it's just a beautiful00:44:00
little corner of our00:44:01
>> little al cove.00:44:02
>> Yeah.00:44:03
>> Very nice.00:44:04
>> There's even a dead Astrobot.00:44:06
>> That's my favorite part. [laughter]00:44:07
>> Yeah.00:44:08
>> All right, it's Adam's turn.00:44:10
>> My turn.00:44:18
[music]00:44:20
>> All right, Adam.00:44:21
>> Yes. >> Tell me about your camera.00:44:22
>> It is I, Adam. I'm at the big boy table.00:44:25
This is the Rico GR4. It is one of the00:44:29
most hyped cameras on YouTube and I love00:44:32
it. So, I have been shooting with this00:44:34
for a month or two nowish, something00:44:36
like that. And this thing is exactly00:44:39
what I want from an everyday camera. It00:44:42
is like one step above my phone, but a00:44:46
thousand steps below Marquez's camera.00:44:48
[laughter]00:44:49
>> Also prime.00:44:50
>> Also prime.00:44:51
>> Oh, that's why it's so far below.00:44:53
>> Yeah.00:44:54
But like I can take this thing out of my00:44:55
pocket and no one bats an eye.00:44:57
>> Quite literally a pocket camera.00:44:59
>> Yeah. No, it is a it's super small. It's00:45:01
super thin. It literally fits in my00:45:03
pocket. I don't even need to string it00:45:05
on like a a sling or nothing like that.00:45:07
>> Uh that is basically the only reason I00:45:10
wanted this camera. I know nothing about00:45:11
it technically. It was just I saw the00:45:13
pictures that were coming out of it and00:45:14
people were like I was like, "Okay,00:45:15
those are good pictures." And then I was00:45:17
seeing people just put them in their00:45:18
pocket and I was like, "That is what I00:45:20
want." the Rico GR series of digital00:45:22
cameras because they also made GRS of00:45:24
film cameras which by the way were even00:45:26
thinner than that and the only way it00:45:29
was able to fit fit the film canister00:45:31
was in the grip area. But the body of00:45:34
the camera was thinner than the film00:45:36
canister.00:45:37
>> But if you put that in a hole like the00:45:39
iPhone, that means it's only as thick as00:45:40
its thickest point, right?00:45:44
>> Real quick, Adam, is that the regular00:45:46
version of the GR or is that the blurry00:45:48
version of the GR? It is the regular00:45:49
blurry. I want to get a blurry adapter00:45:52
thing >> on the before. There only is a regular00:45:55
>> right now. The three has the HDF.00:45:59
>> Yeah, this is the Rico J4. It just came00:46:00
out. [clears throat]00:46:01
>> I think this is the newest camera out of00:46:03
all. Yes, it is. It just came out.00:46:05
>> Uh, and the Rico GR3, it got really00:46:07
popular because the Fuji X100V00:46:10
popped off and then the X100 6 was00:46:12
popular for a long time and this became00:46:14
the counterculture camera to that,00:46:16
>> which is why it's now popular.00:46:18
Everything's a circle. >> Everything's a counterculture.00:46:20
>> Um, and instead of releasing the GR4 for00:46:23
many years, Rico just decided to make00:46:25
multiple variants of the GR3. So, they00:46:27
made the diary edition, which is like a00:46:29
street edition.00:46:30
>> They made a street GR4 GR3X, which is a00:46:33
43mm lens, I think. The diary edition,00:46:36
which was like a a cream color, but they00:46:39
made an HDF version, which is high00:46:41
diffusion filter, which basically makes00:46:43
the highlights bloom.00:46:44
>> I love that one. >> Yeah. which we can you can like turn on00:46:46
and off when you want to, which is nice.00:46:48
And then the GR4 right now just has the00:46:50
regular version. They did announce a00:46:51
black and white version,00:46:53
>> which I want really.00:46:54
>> Does it have a orange button?00:46:56
>> I don't know. Does it only means the00:46:58
photos are probably [laughter]00:47:01
>> more? Never mind. Cuz they're make going00:47:02
to make them a lot lower volume.00:47:05
>> Interesting. Yeah, I don't think I will00:47:06
ever understand that.00:47:08
>> Making a >> Did you watch our studio? Black and00:47:09
white.00:47:10
>> Making a black and white camera costs00:47:11
more.00:47:12
>> Oh, it's it's lower volume. You know,00:47:15
it's lower volume production, but it's00:47:18
>> I know they take one really want it.00:47:20
>> They take one part off, which is Yeah,00:47:22
>> you have to really want black and white00:47:24
that type of thing.00:47:25
>> Like instead of just sliding, saturation00:47:27
zero, you have to want that.00:47:28
>> Yeah. >> Anyway, GR4, um, it's APS-C. It is a 2.800:47:35
lens >> and it's got internal memory.00:47:37
>> This is a prime. Um, it is.00:47:38
>> Yeah. 18.3 mm APS-C, which is like a 23,00:47:43
isn't it? 23.00:47:44
>> Is this 28 on the website?00:47:46
>> What is this?00:47:47
>> 28 mm equivalent lens equivalent on B&H.00:47:50
>> That's kind of wide. I >> think that's really true. But okay.00:47:53
>> Either way, I like it. It's like the00:47:55
perfect equivalent for like run and gun00:47:57
type stuff and personally I do a lot of00:48:00
pictures of like watches, like my watch00:48:02
shots, and having it be a little wider00:48:03
that way looking down is awesome while00:48:05
I'm wearing it.00:48:06
>> When I use the GR3, the one thing I00:48:08
didn't Well, the thing I didn't really00:48:09
like about it, one does not have a00:48:10
viewfinder. which's camera also doesn't00:48:13
have. It's hard for me to shoot without00:48:14
a viewfinder.00:48:15
>> That's half the fun. You don't know what00:48:17
you're going to get. >> The screen does not like flip out or00:48:19
anything. The screen is just fixed. So,00:48:21
it's really hard to shoot from like00:48:23
different angles.00:48:24
>> Stop looking at your pictures. Just00:48:25
vibes. Just press the button.00:48:26
>> But like Adam said, when it's just like00:48:28
a run and gun really quick thing, I00:48:30
think it's pretty awesome.00:48:31
>> The thing, again, the thing I I like it00:48:33
the thing I like the most about it is00:48:36
that when I take it out of my pocket, no00:48:38
one has to pretend to act a certain way.00:48:40
Like when I had my my real I had a Sony00:48:43
a650000:48:45
a few years ago and I had like a giant00:48:46
lens on it and I would take that to00:48:48
family parties and anytime I would take00:48:50
it out to like people pose and they00:48:52
start smiling and they're like wait let00:48:53
me fix my hair.00:48:54
>> That does not happen with this camera. I00:48:55
just pull it out and I can take pictures00:48:57
and everyone's like oh look at that00:48:59
stark black so very00:49:01
>> low key.00:49:03
It also does video.00:49:05
>> Yeah. You want to guess what it does?00:49:06
What kind of video?00:49:07
>> I feel like that could do 1080.00:49:09
>> Yeah 1080. 1080. Not even 4K.00:49:12
>> Mine doesn't do video at all. That's00:49:14
fair. Literally won't even shoot 720.00:49:16
>> That's true. Yeah.00:49:17
>> Okay, let's look at Adam's pictures.00:49:19
>> Yeah. >> Picture numero uno00:49:22
>> is a spot that David is very familiar00:49:23
with. >> This is Central Park.00:49:25
>> Adam and I have been here together many00:49:27
times before. Or is this Pros Park?00:49:29
>> No, it's Central Park. Yeah.00:49:31
>> Um we're looking at a fall scene. There00:49:33
is some fall color leaves and there's00:49:36
some dead trees. Importantly, this is00:49:38
not the grass part of the park.00:49:40
>> No, >> no, [laughter]00:49:41
it's the water part of the park. Yeah,00:49:43
>> it's a water park. Um, water park.00:49:46
>> He exposed it for the highlights so that00:49:49
you know the left side of the image is00:49:50
quite dark, which adds a nice level of00:49:53
contrast, but the reflection in the00:49:55
water of the color of the trees is very00:49:57
pretty. Very nice. And um00:50:00
>> Central Park, baby. I did nothing.00:50:01
>> You know, it doesn't have a ton of res00:50:03
resolution, so it does fall apart pretty00:50:05
quickly when you zoom in. Yeah, but00:50:06
don't do that.00:50:07
>> But don't do that. [laughter]00:50:10
>> That's all the answers.00:50:11
>> Um, but overall, I think00:50:12
>> this guy's good. >> Yeah, this guy's good. Another reason00:50:14
why people like these Rico cameras is00:50:15
the straight out of camera color is also00:50:17
quite nice.00:50:18
>> That is also very nice. Yeah. Like it I00:50:20
also have it set to also give me the RAW00:50:22
if I do want to mess with it. But thus00:50:24
far, I have not felt the need to. Yeah.00:50:27
>> Like what it does is pretty spot on to00:50:28
what I would do.00:50:29
>> Yeah. Very nice.00:50:30
>> And there's also a different setting you00:50:31
could do for black and white, which is00:50:33
cool. >> Oh, really?00:50:34
>> Yeah. >> Cool. All right. All right. Very good.00:50:37
>> We'll look at image number two here.00:50:39
>> Numero dos.00:50:40
>> Numero dos. This would go crazy with00:50:43
HDR. >> Oh [ __ ]00:50:46
This would go No, Marquez. No.00:50:48
[laughter] >> Come on. You know I'm right.00:50:50
>> It's the opposite. You know, it's the00:50:52
opposite of what I want for this photo.00:50:53
>> You know I'm right.00:50:54
>> No, this would go crazy with the HDF00:50:56
version. That's what I would go crazy00:50:57
with.00:50:58
>> Yeah. This is again a picture of the00:50:59
corner that Ellis had. It's like a a00:51:02
little chair.00:51:04
a little rearrange different yeah00:51:05
different vertical aspect ratio but00:51:07
>> yeah so the sun [clears throat] is00:51:08
shining through the windows is00:51:09
reflecting off of a picture of a car and00:51:12
it's got a really big highlight spot00:51:14
which would look great with the high00:51:15
diffusion filter version00:51:17
>> give me that ro00:51:18
>> um the color of the greens are00:51:20
incredible in this look very nice the00:51:23
the highlight roll off and the shadow00:51:25
sort of like the grays to dark colors00:51:27
are nice um yeah this is just a it's00:51:30
very nice golden hour shot and I think00:51:32
the greens are amazing ing here and HDR00:51:35
would look terrible. [laughter]00:51:36
>> It would be blasted in this image. It00:51:39
would be so much brightness.00:51:40
>> It' be insane.00:51:42
>> Yeah. Um Yeah, I like this photo.00:51:44
>> It's very nice. I like the white00:51:46
balance. >> The green in the helmet is almost the00:51:47
same as the plant.00:51:49
>> That's good.00:51:50
>> All right. And then photo number three00:51:53
is Oh,00:51:56
this looks good. Now, I will say pretty00:51:58
much any camera in extremely perfect00:52:01
lighting like this, like controlled00:52:03
lighting, is going to look awesome.00:52:05
>> But this is just a quick snap. This is00:52:06
an example of why Adam loves this00:52:08
camera. It's a quick snap. Clearly, he00:52:10
didn't really like, you know, try to00:52:11
make it level or, you know,00:52:13
>> I actually tried very hard, but thank00:52:15
you. [laughter]00:52:16
>> He clearly try.00:52:17
>> It would have been easier to see if, you00:52:19
know, you could see the screen or00:52:21
through the the EVF that it doesn't00:52:22
have. Um, but there's a photo of Marquez00:52:25
doing the smartphone awards live.00:52:27
>> Little BTS.00:52:28
>> Uh, it looks really good. Looks really00:52:30
nice. The color The color is amazing.00:52:32
The color is really good.00:52:33
>> Yeah, I had to take advantage of the set00:52:36
that everyone had because everything was00:52:38
too nice. >> It looks great.00:52:39
>> Nice lights.00:52:40
>> Um, I also like the the highlights on00:52:43
the that are bouncing off the ping pong00:52:44
table.00:52:46
>> Funny that we kind of used the ping pong00:52:47
table as like a like a bounce card by00:52:49
accident. Um, but it looks great. This00:52:51
would also go a hard in HDR because the00:52:53
key light, that key light over there,00:52:55
stay with me, is just blasting into the00:52:58
camera as well as onto the subject. And00:53:00
uh yeah, this would really cook my00:53:02
irises. [laughter]00:53:04
>> You want to move everything to the00:53:05
middle of the tone curve?00:53:07
>> What create Okay, what's the difference00:53:09
between a circle and a sphere?00:53:12
>> Depth. God,00:53:13
>> what creates depth?00:53:15
>> Z-axis dimension. [laughter]00:53:17
>> What creates dimension in an image?00:53:21
What creates00:53:22
>> micro contrast? [screaming]00:53:27
[laughter]00:53:28
>> Shading. Marquez. Shading.00:53:29
>> Shading. No, you're right. You're right.00:53:32
>> I can still hear. [laughter]00:53:33
>> Let's go.00:53:35
>> Still00:53:37
the longest reverb of all time.00:53:38
[laughter]00:53:39
>> Anyway.00:53:40
>> Anyway. Yeah.00:53:41
>> That's why I liked this camera cuz I00:53:43
could do things like this. Cuz if I had00:53:45
to pull out a whole other camera lens,00:53:47
you would have heard it going off. It00:53:48
would have been too much. This looks00:53:49
great. This is nice. I saw you in the00:53:51
corner of my eye shooting and I was00:53:52
like, I'll just I'll pretend I'm not00:53:53
>> Yeah. Yeah. Just ignore ignore him. It's00:53:55
fine.00:53:56
>> That's what everyone does.00:53:57
>> Very good. Yeah. So, I think um for the00:53:59
person that wants, like Adam said, you00:54:01
know, something you can just pull out of00:54:03
your pocket, literally your pocket, cuz00:54:04
this is literally a pocket camera. No00:54:06
one's going to like be posing for every00:54:08
shot. You can just quickly do this. You00:54:10
know, a lot of the people that use the00:54:12
Did you just take a photo? I I don't00:54:13
know. I wouldn't know. [laughter]00:54:15
>> People use the JR4 like they they really00:54:16
are into street photography.00:54:19
boom boom boom boom boom paying00:54:21
attention00:54:24
like hyper fast00:54:28
GR3X which is the street edition00:54:32
>> um which is a longer lens that's 4300:54:34
millime it's a or 40 mm it's a little00:54:36
more street um focal length I mean a lot00:54:39
of people use 28 for street too but00:54:41
>> so yeah it is um weirdly like twice the00:54:45
price of what the GR300:54:47
They like basically doubled the price00:54:49
and I think they only did that cuz they00:54:50
knew how popular it was getting00:54:52
>> which is annoying.00:54:54
>> Um, but the images look fantastic.00:54:56
>> Also, >> thank you.00:54:57
>> I spent a long time between this and I00:54:59
wound up getting an X1006, but like I00:55:02
was going there's a thousand videos00:55:04
comparing the two, right?00:55:06
>> And00:55:07
>> I knew it was small, but when we got it,00:55:10
when Adam got it, I was like, "Wow, this00:55:13
>> it is impressively compact." And the00:55:16
build quality is really solid, too. Like00:55:18
I assumed being that small and the00:55:20
threes were cheaper. I was like, "This00:55:22
probably feels cheaper." It does not at00:55:24
all. It's a00:55:25
>> I feel like a lot of the videos I saw00:55:27
comparing the two with the X100 series00:55:28
and this one, they were like, you know,00:55:30
it's a lot smaller, blah blah blah, but00:55:32
like it it's they're still both00:55:33
relatively like, no, this thing is00:55:35
small.00:55:36
>> Also, uh, fun little trivia, Rico and00:55:38
Pentax are the same company owned by00:55:40
Epson Group, the scanner company and the00:55:42
printer company.00:55:43
>> Goes back to printers.00:55:45
They also own a happy hacking keyboard.00:55:46
>> They do, which is really weird.00:55:49
>> Very random thing for them to to own00:55:51
their portfolio.00:55:52
>> Cool portfolio.00:55:53
>> Besides the scanner part,00:55:55
>> besides the main thing.00:55:56
>> That's the part that makes them money.00:55:57
So, they can do all the other things.00:55:59
>> Yeah. >> Out of my uh I like these pictures.00:56:01
>> Thank you. I think I heard that I won00:56:03
this competition. So, now I00:56:05
>> noticed David being much nicer.00:56:07
[laughter]00:56:08
>> No sandwiches. Just no sandwiches. Just00:56:11
straight compliments.00:56:12
>> [laughter]00:56:13
>> He said, "I want any midtone."00:56:17
>> All right, let's bring Andrew up here.00:56:19
>> All right, Andrew, let's talk about your00:56:21
camera. >> All right, I'm going to preface this00:56:23
with00:56:24
>> preface.00:56:25
>> I think I am the least camera00:56:27
knowledgeable person here by a long00:56:30
shot. I've understood about 10% of the00:56:32
things you guys have said in this entire00:56:34
episode. Um, but I love watching all you00:56:38
guys take photos. So, it inspired me to00:56:40
want to buy a camera recently. Also,00:56:42
having a daughter helps a lot.00:56:44
>> I take most of my photos of Lane.00:56:48
>> Um, this probably isn't the best camera00:56:50
to do that, >> but it's small and I always have it. So,00:56:52
like00:56:53
>> that's a great camera to do that.00:56:54
>> That's I autofocus.00:56:56
>> Yeah, >> with how fast she is has been tough00:56:58
sometimes. But I only brought in00:56:59
pictures of other things I've taken00:57:02
photos of because it's still fun to00:57:05
pretend like I know what I'm doing.00:57:06
>> Oh yeah. >> So I w up getting this. Like I said, I00:57:08
was between a GR3 and an X100. Um the00:57:13
six was the newest one at the time00:57:14
obviously and I was looking through a00:57:15
lot of used ones and people were selling00:57:18
them for like more than what they came00:57:19
out as which was crazy. And I got lucky00:57:22
enough that someone who actually listens00:57:23
to the podcast was like, "Yo, I haven't00:57:25
touched mine in forever.00:57:27
Let me sell it to you.00:57:28
>> Shout out to him.00:57:29
>> Shout out Abraham. That was awesome. He00:57:31
>> came to my beers and cameras event.00:57:32
>> Yeah, dude. He's awesome. He's really00:57:33
talented.00:57:34
>> We were following each other. We were00:57:35
going to follow each other on Instagram00:57:36
and he was I was like, "Oh, you follow00:57:38
or Andrew follows you?" And then he was00:57:40
like, "Oh, yeah. I sold him his X6."00:57:42
[laughter] I was like, "Oh,00:57:43
>> it's like kitted out." Yeah. So, it has00:57:45
a nice little And it has a nice thumb00:57:46
grip from Polarp Pro. It has I bought00:57:48
this uh I think it's from Open Glass00:57:50
Studio. A little grip on the side. Yes.00:57:53
>> And then I have, it's not on right now,00:57:55
but I have the Moment Cine Bloom, the00:57:58
20%, which is a lot.00:57:59
>> It's a lot.00:58:00
>> And um and the uh Polar Pro short stash.00:58:04
>> Wow.00:58:05
>> Filter that came with it also. So,00:58:06
>> what does that do?00:58:07
>> Uh it's uh00:58:08
>> gives it a mustache. [laughter]00:58:10
>> I have what I thought it did.00:58:11
>> It's like a polarizer and also 1400:58:15
>> Oh,00:58:18
diffuser. >> Diffuser. Yeah, it's fun. The diffusion00:58:21
stuff has been super fun. I don't think00:58:22
any of my photos have it, but um00:58:23
>> diffusion is like we talked about00:58:25
earlier with the high diffusion filter.00:58:26
It just makes everything softer and00:58:28
blooming. It actually helps with digital00:58:30
cameras because we talked about the00:58:31
fringing in digital cameras. It's like00:58:32
it's it makes it better.00:58:34
>> It's just viby, man.00:58:35
>> It's viby. Yeah. The pe the reason00:58:37
people buy X100s is because they don't00:58:38
want to edit their pictures very much00:58:40
and the film simulations are great and00:58:43
they're >> speaking from experience there.00:58:45
>> Yeah.00:58:46
>> Like Adam, also I take everything in RAW00:58:49
and JPEG. I haven't touched a raw photo00:58:51
since I've done it because the colors00:58:52
are super fun out of this. They're just00:58:54
like,00:58:55
>> yeah, it's it's fun to take photos of00:58:57
Lane with it and take photos of stuff.00:58:59
Right now, Christmas time with lights00:59:00
and stuff and like one of the diffusion00:59:03
filters is just so much fun to the point00:59:06
where I'm like, I need to put this away00:59:07
and probably spend time with Lane versus00:59:09
just taking photos.00:59:11
>> Star filter. There's star filters that00:59:12
the specular highlights like the00:59:14
Christmas trees will like they'll like00:59:15
turn into star shapes.00:59:17
>> Okay. >> Yeah, it's cool. Yeah,00:59:18
>> you have to show me one of those. All00:59:19
right, let's let's jump into here to see00:59:20
if I can uh pretend I'm artsy.00:59:23
>> Oh, wow.00:59:24
>> By the way, this is a prime, right?00:59:26
What's the >> 23 mm? It's like a 35.00:59:28
>> Yeah, like 35.00:59:29
>> Dude, this is a cool photo.00:59:31
>> I a little mat around this and it would00:59:33
look great.00:59:34
>> Oh,00:59:35
>> the white border.00:59:36
>> Yeah, this this was I was actually just00:59:38
like at a birthday party and there was00:59:40
this basketball court that just like you00:59:42
could tell has aged a bit and I thought00:59:44
the colors of it looked really nice. The00:59:47
sky was beautiful that day and there's00:59:49
just no one standing there at all and00:59:51
the grass was just so green.00:59:53
>> What film simulation did you use?00:59:54
Classic negative.00:59:55
>> I think almost all of these are classic00:59:57
classic negative. This may have had the00:59:59
short stash filter on it. Um01:00:01
>> still don't know what that means.01:00:02
>> It's just the guy I think it's01:00:04
>> he's a a YouTuber and I think he made a01:00:07
filter with Polar Pro.01:00:09
>> Got it.01:00:10
>> Um so it's his filter.01:00:11
>> Yeah. When I preview this, it shows it01:00:13
with like a mat and uh yeah, this is a01:00:15
>> really nice looking picture.01:00:17
>> Compliments. >> Yeah, classic negative is a really nice01:00:20
>> sandwiches. David sandwiches. [laughter]01:00:22
>> I hate um01:00:24
>> HDR HDR,01:00:26
>> which is not at all in this picture. No,01:00:28
this is a great picture, Andrew.01:00:30
>> Thank you. >> It's nice.01:00:31
>> Um yeah, I think I use that. I have been01:00:32
It is so much fun to mess around with01:00:34
like recipes that people make. um01:00:37
following the like different Fuji uh01:00:40
subreddits. >> Fuji X Weekly.01:00:41
>> Yeah. Yeah. And Fuji X Weekly. And just01:00:43
going through all those and being like,01:00:44
"All right, I'm going out and shooting01:00:46
blah blah blah today, so I'm going to01:00:47
start uh01:00:49
>> ISO." Oh, shutter speed.01:00:50
>> Shutter speed. But if you pick it up and01:00:52
spin, that's ISO.01:00:54
>> Oh, that's cool.01:00:55
>> It's pretty cool.01:00:56
>> Yeah. So Fuji recipes are basically just01:00:59
like preset settings cuz in the camera01:01:01
you can change the the base film01:01:04
simulation which they have like they're01:01:05
emulating different um old films but01:01:08
then you can change like the saturation01:01:10
the saturation of the blues you can make01:01:12
it softer you can change all these01:01:14
settings and so people will create their01:01:17
own recipes to emulate either old films01:01:20
or just like a style that they like you01:01:22
know they'll call it like Italy in the01:01:24
summer or something that I have that I01:01:26
really like01:01:27
>> Blues actually was a film though.01:01:28
>> Was it?01:01:29
>> Yeah, it was a real film.01:01:30
>> Um, but they've become very popular.01:01:33
People share their recipes online.01:01:34
There's now an app that someone showed01:01:36
me at my beers and cameras event where01:01:37
you can uh you can just connect to the01:01:39
camera and it will flash the recipe onto01:01:41
the camera.01:01:42
>> Is it the Fuji app?01:01:43
>> No, >> it's not. Okay, then I'll have to get01:01:45
that. >> It's a third party app.01:01:46
>> It's not hard to enter them in. It's all01:01:48
just through the menu settings. It takes01:01:49
a while. Yeah. It's a lot of just like,01:01:51
>> you know, the joystick fiddling around01:01:53
and stuff like that.01:01:54
>> You can save some presets.01:01:55
>> That That'd be awesome. Yeah. Yeah.01:01:56
>> Um, you will notice for some reason I01:01:59
only take01:02:00
>> uh portrait vertical01:02:02
>> aspect. Yeah, vertical photos only.01:02:05
>> I maybe I should have bought the Fuji X01:02:07
half, but um01:02:09
>> but uh yeah, I don't know why I only01:02:11
take vertical.01:02:13
>> Damn, this is this is great.01:02:15
>> Which is making it harder to view on a01:02:17
laptop screen because it's01:02:20
>> The second photo is of some berries on a01:02:23
bush. Um, it's shot at a pretty shallow01:02:26
depth of field. Probably probably F2.01:02:28
>> Two. Yeah.01:02:29
>> And it's snowing, so you can see like01:02:31
the flurries of snow. So, it's probably01:02:32
like a one5th or 130th of a shutter01:02:36
speed. The benefit of this camera, too,01:02:37
is that it's got um ibis. And so, you01:02:39
can handhold it for like a whole second.01:02:41
And it's awesome.01:02:42
>> It's awesome as long as things are01:02:44
aren't moving, which when I'm taking01:02:46
photos of Lane.01:02:49
>> The metadata.01:02:50
>> It was It was super bright outside. This01:02:52
was midday. It just started snowing when01:02:54
we were in Salem, which01:02:55
>> Okay. >> Which is why that house01:02:56
>> snow kind of looks like elongated, but01:02:58
>> I think it was just big snow.01:03:00
>> Big snow. >> Big snow flurries. Um the the house in01:03:03
the background is just like every house01:03:04
in Salem is just this beautiful house01:03:06
made in the like 1800s01:03:08
>> and it's just a beautiful place to be.01:03:10
>> The colors in this photo are awesome.01:03:12
>> Thank you. >> Or like the pictures.01:03:14
>> I shouldn't take any credit. It's01:03:15
probably all [laughter]01:03:16
>> Well, and this is why people buy these01:03:18
cameras, right? Because you can just get01:03:20
stuff like this straight out of camera01:03:21
with no editing. Okay, now say something01:03:22
bad. I'm feeling jealous.01:03:24
>> Um,01:03:28
>> damn. It could possibly [laughter] I01:03:29
would possibly straighten this01:03:32
>> slightly different cuz you can see the01:03:34
lines in the back01:03:35
>> are not they're like angled a little01:03:38
This is something I think I01:03:39
>> do maybe do this in post01:03:41
>> have a big issue with is I do feel like01:03:43
a lot of my photos are slightly not01:03:46
straight and then sometimes I have01:03:48
problems01:03:51
>> the auto straightening features. So01:03:52
>> I don't use auto straightening01:03:54
>> also on on these cameras too um on the01:03:58
on the screen or in the viewfinder. Oh,01:04:00
you have that on?01:04:01
>> I have the 2D one on the 3D one feels01:04:04
like it takes up so much of the LCD.01:04:06
>> It does. Yeah. Um, but maybe I should do01:04:08
it. >> Yeah, I would just try one of the auto01:04:11
straightening features. There's also um01:04:13
like there's perspective correction in01:04:16
things like Lightroom where you just01:04:18
drag a line down one of the straight01:04:20
lines and it automatically fixes it.01:04:22
>> It goes crazy actually.01:04:23
>> Yeah, it's cool. I use it a lot01:04:25
>> some cuz sometimes I'll go into the01:04:26
rotation tool, right, and I'll be like01:04:28
that line looks off.01:04:31
>> Fix that into a line in the rotation01:04:32
tool and be like now this line looks01:04:33
off. And I don't know if that's me.01:04:35
>> That's perspective issues because you're01:04:37
shooting this mostly straight on, but01:04:39
that house is like in the background and01:04:41
there's curve there's like curvature01:04:42
between the foreground and background.01:04:44
>> So yeah, I would use a perspective01:04:46
correction tool which Lightroom has.01:04:48
>> I will have to find that cuz I think01:04:50
that would help me with so many. I also01:04:52
am terrible at01:04:53
>> taking a photo headon of something. I01:04:55
feel like I mostly take photos now at an01:04:57
angle because when I'm headon, I realize01:04:59
I'm like three degrees off at some point01:05:02
and I can't unsee it in a photo and it01:05:03
feels like it ruins the photo.01:05:05
>> Yeah. >> Yeah. This is great.01:05:06
>> This is a good picture. I like it.01:05:07
>> Very nice. Oo,01:05:09
Andrew.01:05:10
>> I think this is all subject.01:05:12
>> Andrew came up with this uh with this01:05:14
idea for this bonus episode and I think01:05:15
you just [laughter] show01:05:16
>> I know. Seriously. Link in description01:05:18
to his store.01:05:20
>> Wow. The colors on this are awesome.01:05:23
Where did you find this?01:05:25
>> This is in Salem, also.01:05:26
>> Okay, so this is a pay phone that has a01:05:28
ton of uh spray paint and different01:05:31
stickers on it. And then the wall has a01:05:33
big mural on it, but the colors of the01:05:36
mural are the same as the colors, both01:05:39
spray painted on and on the stickers of01:05:41
the pay phone. So, it looks really cool.01:05:44
Looks really nice. Wow.01:05:46
>> We drove by this.01:05:47
>> Dang, dude. And then I later when Lane01:05:49
took a nap walked back to go take a01:05:51
photo of this cuz I was like that just01:05:53
looks really cool. It like matches the01:05:55
mural.01:05:56
>> And it's cool cuz like the uh01:05:58
>> the phone cord is like ripped off. Like01:06:00
this is very clearly a thing that hasn't01:06:02
been used in forever and people just01:06:05
like01:06:06
>> vandalized it slash turned it into what01:06:08
felt like an art piece on the wall.01:06:10
>> That is probably my favorite part about01:06:12
carrying an actual camera versus my01:06:15
phone. like you drove past it and you01:06:16
were like, I'm coming back for that.01:06:18
>> I need this. >> I need that picture.01:06:20
>> The cool thing is that this is also a 4001:06:23
megapixel camera, so you can like you01:06:25
can zoom in pretty decently.01:06:27
>> Yeah, I like >> looks really nice.01:06:28
>> Sure.01:06:29
>> I would I like the angle that you took01:06:31
this a lot.01:06:32
>> I would I would be interested in seeing01:06:34
what the perspective of straight on01:06:36
would be,01:06:37
>> which, you know, it's just something you01:06:38
could do in Gemini 3, but [laughter]01:06:41
>> just make it for you. just that's Wait,01:06:43
that is a Lightroom thing, right? You01:06:44
said I could [laughter] not.01:06:48
>> Yeah, they'll probably add that to01:06:49
Photoshop soon.01:06:50
>> Um, yeah, the colors of this are great.01:06:52
I think noticing how the colors play off01:06:55
of each other is a big part of01:06:56
photography and uh I like the Yeah, the01:06:59
45 degree angle that you took it out is01:07:01
also really nice. So,01:07:02
>> thank you.01:07:03
>> Wow. >> I think that's a crutch for me. I I I01:07:06
think I like straight on photos. I just01:07:08
keep messing it up. Do you have like a01:07:10
uh a piece of advice to making sure01:07:12
you're straight on?01:07:13
>> Straight on is difficult because our01:07:15
eyes notice any of those like small01:07:18
tilts more.01:07:19
>> So using perspective correction is very01:07:22
helpful for straight on stuff because01:07:24
the symmetry is so important and we we01:07:26
notice that a lot more when it's01:07:28
straight on. >> Okay.01:07:29
>> So it's hard it's kind of hard to get a01:07:31
straight on photo that looks like01:07:32
incredible, you know, you just have to01:07:34
make sure it's perfectly aligned. the01:07:36
the way I do it. So, the way I do it01:07:39
when we're doing robot shots is like01:07:41
because so often the robot's not exactly01:07:43
straight with the object. So, what I do01:07:45
is I push the robot all the way till the01:07:47
table till it presses flat on the edge01:07:49
and then pull it back and don't go off01:07:51
that axis.01:07:52
>> I don't think I could do that in real01:07:54
life. Just like walk forward until I'm01:07:56
flat and then walk all the way back and01:07:58
try and be perfect.01:07:59
>> Yeah, I think my train tracks are pretty01:08:01
straight.01:08:02
>> I think that works.01:08:03
>> Yeah, pretty straight. Yeah, thank you.01:08:05
>> [laughter]01:08:07
>> I think I also I would like I don't know01:08:10
if you have a quick piece of advice01:08:12
because I don't have an example.01:08:15
>> All of my good photos are center subject01:08:17
center frame.01:08:18
>> Uhhuh.01:08:19
>> And I don't know how to I feel like01:08:23
correctly balance a photo which is01:08:25
probably why I'm taking so much vertical01:08:27
because it feels easier to do that.01:08:29
>> Rule of thirds is a good like default.01:08:32
Um,01:08:33
>> yeah. Maybe I'm just not finding it01:08:35
correctly in in the shot in the framing01:08:38
of what I'm looking for. Or uh01:08:40
>> I feel like the eye for something. I see01:08:42
all you guys take photos of these like01:08:45
>> corners of like a bench or and all that01:08:47
and I just like walk around. I'm like I01:08:49
don't see that yet in my01:08:50
>> I feel like that with like car01:08:51
photography. Like I see a lot of people01:08:53
take great pictures of cars like the01:08:55
hoods, the the hood ornaments from01:08:56
different angles and then I'll pass a01:08:58
cool car and be like, "Oh, I'm going to01:08:59
try to get this picture." And I just01:09:00
cannot get it. It's so difficult. Yeah.01:09:04
>> I think that's what I've been trying to01:09:05
do lately is I want to take this camera01:09:07
out all the time when I'm walking01:09:09
around.01:09:10
>> Yeah. >> Because when I get back, I'm going to01:09:11
dump 200 photos and I'm going be like,01:09:12
"One of these is cool and I hate the01:09:14
rest of them." And but if I hopefully01:09:16
just keep doing it, maybe I'll have the01:09:18
eye for how I could have gotten that01:09:21
cool scene into a cool picture.01:09:22
>> Yeah. It's a lot of like I think when01:09:25
you're learning you can just you can um01:09:29
look at a lot of photos that you like01:09:31
and try to understand why you like them.01:09:33
>> Just be like what what is it about this01:09:35
image that I find compelling, you know,01:09:38
and then try to recreate that.01:09:39
>> It's the exciting piece of the beginning01:09:42
of skill development where your taste is01:09:44
above your skill and you're like I know01:09:46
that that's good. I don't I know why01:09:48
that's not that, but I don't know how to01:09:50
get that to be that. Right.01:09:51
>> It might be the biggest detriment of01:09:53
working here. [laughter]01:09:54
Like when it comes to media things, the01:09:56
talent and the gear that we have here is01:09:59
so insane.01:10:00
>> Anyone here at any time can probably01:10:02
think like, I could do that. I watches01:10:03
do it all the time. And then you do it01:10:04
and you're like, "Wow." Well, that's01:10:06
almost why like the X100 is such a good01:10:08
camera for like 99% of people because it01:10:11
does so much for you, but it is it's01:10:14
APS-C, you know, it has less dynamic01:10:17
range than other things like Marquez's01:10:19
camera like with the the HDR01:10:22
capabilities. The amount that you can do01:10:24
with that extra dynamic range if you01:10:26
want the creative control to actually do01:10:28
that is like awesome, you know, and you01:10:31
have all that creative control and what01:10:32
you can do later. whereas this, you01:10:34
know, it's a much more compressed sort01:10:36
of like amount that you can do with it,01:10:38
but it's so much better straight out of01:10:41
camera for a lot of people.01:10:43
>> So, >> so give me your uh your H2s, which are01:10:46
the best for what?01:10:48
>> Oh, yeah. I'd say01:10:50
>> H2.01:10:51
>> If you're writing an article, an H201:10:52
headline is just like the bold part.01:10:56
>> Yeah, I can reset. I'd say the X10001:11:00
series is probably the best like starter01:11:03
camera for anybody, which also pros use01:11:06
it as their secondary bodies to just01:11:08
have fun with. So, you know, it's both a01:11:10
starter camera and just a have fun01:11:11
camera.01:11:12
>> I saw a wedding photographer doing it.01:11:14
They had their main camera was some01:11:16
crazy Canon or whatever and then they01:11:17
just had one of these slung over their01:11:19
shoulder. >> I mean, yeah, take photos of that at a01:11:21
wedding and people are just going to01:11:23
instantly love it, you I've been on01:11:24
photo shoots where the photographer is01:11:26
taking like 3 to 5,000 photos on the01:11:28
main camera and then every once in a01:11:29
while just pulls out an X100 and takes01:11:31
[laughter] a couple and then goes back01:11:32
to the pro shots. It's like01:11:33
>> and then only sends the X100 photos.01:11:36
Uh, I say that Adams is probably the01:11:39
best for just run and gun like street01:11:42
work. Just being as pocketable as01:11:44
possible, you know, wanting some just01:11:47
like quick snapshots of their life that01:11:49
they don't have to cuz even on the X100,01:11:51
you're deciding on what uh film recipe01:11:54
you want to use and like you're still01:11:55
doing some work to get it where you want01:11:57
it to be. But for for the GR4, it's more01:12:00
about just like in the moment being01:12:02
there. Um, Marquez has01:12:04
>> some recipes, but01:12:05
>> yeah,01:12:06
>> not like Fuji. >> Yeah, it has some recipes. Marquez's01:12:08
camera is best for the like pro pro that01:12:11
wants like the most out of the camera01:12:13
possible, the most resolution, the most01:12:16
dynamic range to play with, the [snorts]01:12:17
most to like01:12:18
>> flexibility.01:12:19
>> Yeah, flexibility to like craft an image01:12:22
with01:12:23
>> if you really like mid tones.01:12:25
>> And [snorts] then um Ellis's camera01:12:28
most mid camera.01:12:29
>> [laughter]01:12:30
>> Ellis's camera is the best for cult01:12:32
members um who01:12:34
>> for micro contra01:12:35
>> want yeah for micro contra uh yeah the01:12:39
the thing I do like about Ellis's camera01:12:40
a lot is that in the photography01:12:43
community there's you know people will01:12:45
argue and complain about what camera is01:12:47
best whatever whatever but there's also01:12:49
this subset of people that just tries to01:12:51
that just try to do insane with like the01:12:54
worst camera possible just for fun01:12:56
because it's like worse but worse is01:12:58
also better in 2025 in a lot of ways01:13:01
because >> everything's good.01:13:02
>> Everything's good. We're so used to01:13:04
seeing everything with like everything01:13:06
is within like everything is perfectly01:13:08
exposed. Everything's perfectly sharp.01:13:10
Everything is the autofocus is great.01:13:12
This is great. Blah blah blah. The01:13:13
resolution is great. So, it's almost01:13:15
like a differentiator to see something01:13:17
that is well composed but with a trash01:13:19
camera that has like low dynamic range.01:13:22
Low01:13:23
>> how much money people spend and how much01:13:25
time people spend to like get that01:13:28
chromatic aberration that's in my lens.01:13:30
>> Right.01:13:31
>> I think the tinkering aspect of Ellis's01:13:32
camera sounds like so much fun. Like01:13:35
that's the kind of stuff01:13:36
>> that's super fun. And then when you go01:13:38
take the photo that's good and know01:13:41
>> what you had to do to get to that point,01:13:43
>> right, >> makes the photo.01:13:44
>> This is why I always say Ellis would be01:13:46
great with an Android phone. But01:13:48
whatever. >> Sounds like what I'm hearing,01:13:51
>> the best camera you can buy in 202501:13:55
>> is the one you already have.01:13:58
>> No, no, no, no, no. Possible [laughter]01:14:01
X2D.01:14:02
>> It's a Canon EOSM from 2012.01:14:05
>> 35 to 100.01:14:06
>> No. Oh yeah, it's uh it is definitely01:14:08
subjective. That is the that is the01:14:10
beauty of it. It is it's basically it's01:14:11
art and the art will no matter who you01:14:13
are will be subjective to who you are.01:14:15
And there's probably a little bit of01:14:17
each of these cameras in somebody's01:14:18
favorite camera.01:14:19
>> Yeah. So01:14:20
>> I'm jealous that your camera has LAR01:14:22
autofocus. I think that's dope.01:14:24
>> Yeah, it's great when it works.01:14:25
>> That's true.01:14:28
>> Well, yeah. Thanks for watching. Hope01:14:29
you enjoyed and uh like looking at a lot01:14:32
of our photos and maybe you have01:14:33
suggestions for how some of us can take01:14:34
better photos as well. Uh, leave your01:14:36
compliment sandwiches below [laughter]01:14:37
and uh, we'll be back with your01:14:39
regularly scheduled programming pretty01:14:42
soon. See you soon.01:14:43
>> Happy Christmas.01:14:44
>> Peace.01:14:45
>> Waveform is produced by Adam and El part01:14:47
of Media Podcast Network. Enter music01:14:48
was created by Veinsil.01:14:52
[music]01:14:59
>> Happy Honda Days everybody. [laughter]01:15:01
>> Merry Toyota.01:15:07
Lexus December to remote [laughter]01:15:10
sales event.Description:
We recorded one more bonus episode before going on holiday break all about one of our favorite topics...cameras! In this one, Marques, Andrew, Adam, and Ellis all try to be David's favorite. The crew each picked their favorite 3 pictures that they've all taken with wildly different cameras and David goes through them to give feedback. It's half portfolio-review/half chaotic camera comparisons. We hope you enjoy and we'll see you next year for regular weekly episodes. Happy holidays! Google Drive folder with all photos link: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1yabrmxsedov--G0wpIfynEnrqiGZfEKH?usp=sharing Chapters 00:00 - Intro 05:05 - Marques (Hasselblad X2D II) 21:25 - Ad break 21:28 - Ellis (Canon EOS-M) 44:20 - Ad break 44:25 - Adam (Ricoh GR IV) 57:08 - Andrew (Fuji X100 VI) Shop the merch: https://mkbhd.com/ Links: Verge - Hasselblad review: https://www.theverge.com/camera-review/765305/hasselblad-x2d-ii-the-luxury-sports-car-of-medium-format-cameras Becca Farsace - 1000 pictures with a Ricoh: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHXnJ2dqdeQ Music provided by Epidemic Sound Social: Waveform Threads: https://www.facebook.com/unsupportedbrowser Waveform Instagram: https://www.facebook.com/unsupportedbrowser Waveform TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@waveformpodcast Hosts: Marques: https://www.facebook.com/unsupportedbrowser Andrew: https://www.facebook.com/unsupportedbrowser David: https://www.facebook.com/unsupportedbrowser Adam: https://www.facebook.com/unsupportedbrowser Ellis: https://twitter.com/EllisRovin Join the Discord: https://discord.com/invite/mkbhd Music by 20syl: https://www.youtube.com/user/20syl Waveform is part of the Vox Media Podcast Network.
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